When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.
Capitalism works. In the end, socialism imploded on itself. Communism imploded on itself. Ultimately jihadism will implode on itself, if we stay in the fight and stay on offense because failed philosophies don't work, there's no future.
Fighting with the media almost always is a mistake. You can't win the argument, the media has the last word, and most times your argument is not justified.